Garment leg



April 21, 1931.

A. LuFf v GARMENT LEG Filed June 28, 1929 INV NTO BY ATTORNEY PatentedApr. 21, 1931 Unrren STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTHUR LUFT, OF LYNBROOK, NEWYORK GARMENT LEG application filed June 28,

one side for convenience in inserting the foot of a wearer and moreparticularly to means for closing said opening, retaining it closed andholding the leg portion down toward the foot of the wearer.

A principal object of the invention is to provide a garment of thecharacter described which may be made of any appropriate or suitablematerial which cooperates properly with definite fastening means forclosing and holding closed the side opening in a leg there- ]5 of andwhich readily adapts itself to the application of well known snapfasteners.

A further object of the invention is to provide a strong and durablefastening means for the lower end of the leg opening, which will beconvenient to manipulate and which will co operate efficiently with aninstep strap acting to hold the leg portion of the garment in properposition adjacent the foot of the wearer.

Other objects and advantages will appear as the description of aparticular physical embodiment selected to illustrate the inventionprogresses and the novel features will be particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail and the particular physicalembodiment selected to illustrate the invention reference is had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 illustrates a childs legging to which the invention has beenapplied; Fig. 2, is an enlarged view illustrating the bottom of the legopening fastening means of applicants invention together with the instepstrap fastening means; Fig. 3, shows the same parts as are illustratedby Fig. 2 but with some of 4 them in a separated position.

1929. Serial N0; 374,426.

In the drawings, 1 designates generally what is commonly known andcalled, a child s legging. This legging embodies a body portion 2 andleg portions 3 and 4.

Both of the leg portions 8 and at on the out- 59 side portion thereofare provided with an opening as at 5. This opening extends to the bottomof the leg portion and is preferably provided, for convenience, withsome one of the well known fastening means embodying interlockingmembers as 6 and 7 which are brought into engagement by means of theslide 8 provided with a finger gripping piece 9.

The closing means for the opening 5 are of such a nature, that althoughthe slide 8 may 6 be drawn to the lowest portion of the openmg, ifsufiicient force is exerted upon the sides 10 and 11 of the opening theymay be separated. In order to prevent this applicant provldes a tab 12.This tab is rigidly attached to the portion 10 as by sewing along theline 13. The tab 12 is provided with one part 14 of a separable snapfastener, the cooperating part of which 15 is attached to the side 11.When portion 14 is caused to cooperate with the portion 15 thisseparable fastening means Wlll interengage so as to prevent a separationof the sides 10 and 11 of the opening 5 and at the same time the tabwill overlie the slide 8 so that it will not be danger of catching insome ob ect as the wearer brushes against it.

In addition to the separable fasteners already mentioned the tab 12 isprovided with one part 16 of a separable fastener the other portion ofwhich 17 is attached to the free end of an instep strap 18. The otherend of the lnstep strap 18 is firmly attached, as by sewing, to theinside portion of the leg 3.

hen a wearer desires to put on such a gar- 5 ment as has beenhereinbefore described the opening 5 is caused to open as wide aspossible by moving the slide 8 to the upper extremity thereof. Thisaffords ample space within which the wearer may insert the foot throughleg 3. After the foot has been inserted the opening 5 is closed bydrawing the slide 8 downwardly by grasping the finger grip 9. The tab 12is then placed over the slide 8 and the member 14 of the separablefastening means is caused to engage with the member 15 therebypositively preventing any separation of the edges of the opening 5 andalso covering the slide 8 so that it is out of sight and out of dangerof catching objects passed by the wearer. After the tab 12 has been positioned as hereinbefore described then the instep strap 18 is broughtunder the foot of the wearer and the separable fastening side of theopening, said tab further provided with another part of a separablefasten ing means, an elastic instep stra attached to the bottom of theleg opposite t e opening and having its free end provided with a portionof a separable fastening means for cooperating with the said anotherseparable fastening means attached to the tab, the said tab when thefirst mentioned separable fastening means are engaged overlying thefinger piece of the opening fastener.

ARTHUR LUFT.

means 17 is engaged with this cooperating part 16 on the tab 12. As thisinstep strap is preferably made of resilient or elastic material thestrap serves to hold the leg ortion down toward the foot of the wearer.

y attaching the free end of the strap 18 to an intermediate point of thetab 12, the downward pull of the strap is transmitted to both sides ofthe legging thereby exerting a constant pull upon each side of thebifurcation tending to draw the parts together. This constant pull isenhanced by making the strap of elastic material and causes both thefront and back portions of the legging to fit snugly over the shoe.

Although I have particularly described but one physical embodiment of myinvention and explained the principle and construction thereof,nevertheless, I desire to have it understood that the form selected ismerely illustrative but does not exhaust the possible physicalembodiments of means underlying my invention.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates, is:

1. As an article of manufacture, a legging provided with an opening inthe side thereof, means for closing the opening and retaining it closedincluding a part operable by the fingers of a person, a tab attached atthe extremity of the opening on one side thereof and provided with onepart of a separable fastener, a cooperating part of the separablefastener attached to the other side of the opening, another part of aseparable fastener attachedto the tab and a strap attached at one end tothe legging opposite the opening thereof and the other end provided witha cooperating fastener for engagement with the last mentioned portion ofa separable fastener attached to the tab.

2. A legging having a side opening in the leg, means for closing the legopening including a fastener embodying a slide including a finger piecewhich is positioned at the bottom of the legging when in fastenedposition, a tab attached to one side of the opening adjacent thefastened position of the slide and provided with one part of a separablefastenin means, a cooperating part of the separa le fastening meansattached to the other

